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Offer a really big reward!

reminds me of some european airport security 40 years ago.

armed soldiers or or Police patrolling the area does not give the Visitor a warm fuzzy feeling that they are safe if armed troops/police are patrolling the area especially with automatic weapons.They look like a group of storm troopers.

Does no one know "Low Profile"

Make it a National Heritage site. It One Of A Kind, never to be seen again if messed with. "The Walking Street" is famous around the world, not for prostitution but it's uniqueness and fun loving and friendly people.

Leave it alone and get on with the Hard Things no one wants to tackle.

"The Walking Street" is on many a tourist "bucket list" Leave it alone!

The "Dungeon Effect" A/C does not run long enough to remove humidity from the air. The 1st job of an A/C unit is removing water from the air, cooling is secondary. yes probably the A/C you have is to big for the space being cooled .

PEA Samui inaction to potential hazard and safety concerns.

For months a tree has been against the High Voltage cables to one of the villas we care for. The tree is over the public Soi. I have personally talked to PEA at their office here, provided photos of the problem as well as the location. The issue is that it is a hazard not only to PEA lines but causes loss of  power, blown fuses and phase loss to the house.

Single phasing the load, low voltage and power loss problems in the house.

The complaint was made in person to Engineering counter at PEA office 3 months ago and again last month so far nothing has been done to remove the tree limbs touching the H.V. Cables.

How do I get this obvious safety hazard resolved?

When the fuse/fuses do blow it takes PEA well over an hour to respond and replace the fuses. The last time the response was 12 hours.

First time in Thailand 1962, oh for a return to those days!

Credibility!  Only one place has it here in Thailand, Nana Soi 3

Good job locals and rescue crew.

Pay back's a bitch!

Kills all bacteria, fungus, viruses we have here in Thailand.

If used immediately on cut or scratch a great antiseptic.

not intended to put on large wounds or infected wounds.

Also remember betadine does kill new skin growth.

Again a disinfectant and antiseptic use on small cuts scratches , best there is .

Large wounds, deep wounds or puncture wounds go to the hospital.

Animal bites put Betadine and GO To The Hospital immediately.

Betadine is the best there is for it's intended purpose, keep a small bottle handy. 

What does TAT do?

No nice friendly , smiling people with knowledge of the airport on hand to Help "The Kingdom's" visitors. What ever happened to Travelers Aid, students and retired people donating their time and expertise to help people when they arrive. but alas no work permit so no Non Thai speaking helpers, and no help because they are not multilingual so they can not help,plus they don't get paid so Thai's don't want the job. Volunteering in "The Kingdom" seems to be non existent. Why doesn't TAT put employees out  trying to help "The Kingdoms" visitors, they don't need to look hard, you can spot the bewilderment on all the faces from very far away.

Here on Samui almost all Low Voltage issues are caused by to much load on the distribution transformer. That and unbalanced loads as evidenced by Transformer failures, they blow up.

Hasn't changed in the 17 years I have been on Samui!

Was easy and painless when I was in Bangkok, I renewed my Non-B and W.P. my self.

I have had my W.P. Since 1992 contiguous & Visa NON-B.

I Pay my taxes, social insurance and so on.(personal over 5,500 a month) company taxes, VAT the list goes on and on, than there is the "yearly books" 25,000 baht and can only be certified by a hand full of "certified" auditors in "The Kingdom" !

Renew extension of stay on Samui, impossible unless I pay ( ? ) and alter my company papers.

With 7 Mil. in Payed Up Capitol they want more,

They have no Idea of what treaties are in place for foreigners that they must live up to as agreed between "His Majesty the King of Thailand" and foreign countries. 

It all boils down to Credibility, which is sorely lacking I am sad to say.

So I make 90 Day border runs.

Breaks the cycle of island life I guess.

To find the paper work, documents, letters to start over would be Virtually impossible. Most records don't exist or have been lost over the years (almost 50 for most).

W.P. People stapled my old W.P. Books together with a new book and told me not to loose the old one as the records contained in the old one can not be found.

Glad to see we are not the only one in the pot.

Come on the "tourists" don't go to these dodge places. Easier to get ripped off by professional in a safe place

To what end, what would you do with 350,000 sim cards?

SIM card security is very tight. Only possibility I can think of would be duplicate SIM card.

So you could have the same number on several phones. Depending on the system Thailand is using, the carriers computers should detect the device serial number as it was registered if a discrepancy is should shut down the service. Sound like a scam to sell "Burn Phones" even that would take a lot of sanctification and monitoring, possibilities endless with rouge service providers on the web.

Even with the "south", no worse than any other country with this large a population.

Depends on who you ask!

But immigration is a nightmare, no passenger assistance to fill in landing card.

perhaps a information video on the entertainment system on inbound flights, in several languages showing how, where and what to fill in and sign the card. Oh forgot no writing instruments allowed so nothing to write with, share one pen among many passengers. Seems TAT could POP for Pens for inbound flights,.

Have an area where visitors could fill in the card with assistance from roaming "assistants".

The process is the problem, no organization, all culminating at the immigration Q area.

No barriers to keep people in line, no informational signs, oh sorry there was one but after you were already in the stampede for getting in a Q, and , better not say anymore.

Tour groups make the tour operator responsible to ensure every one their group has their paper work in order.

It could be so easy if Organized, but alas no one wants the responsibility as usual.

So again is only another list after all!

Our Oceans, Rivers and Lakes have been used as septic tanks, waste disposal for hundreds of years.

Warming ocean temperatures increase bacterial growth, chemicals poison the resources needs by many who depend on the Sea for food and a living.

Spend that weapons budget on cleaning up our natural resources or they will soon be gone.

Why is Utapow always ignored? Infrastructure already in place, long sturdy runways.

Build a train direct to Bangkok from Utapow. (2 sets of rails please).

The Government OWNS  it why not utilize a long ignored asset.

Fool me once!  I never go back again.

How many Legal Tourists have accidents here in Thailand that require hospital visits?

Would be interesting to know if the requirement is justified, we only hear about the VIP or Horrific ones.

All public transportation and all vans,, motorcycle taxis, motor cycle rentals should all include accident insurance in the rental price.

No exceptions, if needed a Pre-paid stamp from the post office needs to be affixed to all rental contracts. If I am correct No insurance company I know of will pay if the driver does not have a valid driving license. Another problem for rental guy.

Or just make it easy add to the visa price and charge Visa on Arrival when they enter "The Kingdom"

Credibility, one of the most important values you need, easy to loose, very hard to regain.